This, from the BBC - stay safe, LCOL Carignan!
In 2003, Lt Col Jennie Carignan made history by becoming the first female deputy commanding officer of a combat arms unit in the Canadian military.
She is now based in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan - one of the most dangerous parts of the country - and commands a regiment of engineers and landmine experts.
Col Carignan says the men under her command treat her like any other soldier - but it wasn't always that way.
"I had some tension at the start of my career as a young lieutenant," she told the BBC's World Update programme.
"But a lot of young lieutenants get that sort of resistance when they come in. Basically, you have to earn your stripes" ....
